Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk Analysis - Characterisation and Methods of Treatment

The fundamental problems related to uncertainty in quantitative risk analyses, used in decision making in safety-related issues (for instance, in land use planning and licensing procedures for hazardous establishments and activities) are presented and discussed, together with the different types of uncertainty that are introduced in the various stages of an analysis. A survey of methods for the practical treatment of uncertainty, with emphasis on the kind of information that is needed for the different methods, and the kind of results they produce, is also presented. Furthermore, a thorough discussion of the arguments for and against each of the methods is given, and of different levels of treatment based on the problem under consideration. Recommendations for future research and standardisation efforts are proposed.

Grantor dc:publisher

Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Abrahamsson, Marcus

• Building Technologies
• Other Social Sciences
• Other Civil Engineering
• kvantitativ riskanalys
• decision making
• safety
• quantitative risk analysis
• uncertainty analysis
• osäkerhetsanalys
• säkerhet
• beslutsfattande

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/642153

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:lup.lub.lu.se:031a0fba-05b2-414b-87af-ad35f180b570